Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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Learning from Loss: Using Suicide Fatality Reviews for Effective Prevention Activities
The Suicide Prevention Center of New York (SPCNY)
was recently awarded a grant from the New York State Health Foundation to develop, test, and refine a formal in-depth suicide review process in four counties greatly impacted by suicide: Erie, Onondaga, Suffolk, and Westchester. The purpose of the grant is twofold: first, to ensure accurate and complete data collection by medical examiner investigations of suicide deaths; and second, to conduct in-depth community reviews of suicide deaths looking for systemic patterns.
The innovative model being piloted in NY is based on a program successfully implemented in Oregon where a multidisciplinary team of representatives (e.g. medical examiners team, healthcare providers, law enforcement, crisis workers, clergy, and other community partners) share information during in-depth reviews of suicides after obtaining permission from next of kin. Read more
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September 2019 OMH News
The latest issue of the New York State Office of Mental Health's newsletter, OMH News, has been published to the OMH website
here.
This edition discusses some of the ways that OMH and its programs are reaching out to eliminate disparities in behavioral health care in New York State.
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The Essential Role of Juvenile Diversion
September 23, 11 am - 12:30 pm, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Quality and Efficiency - the Value Combination in Psychiatric Practice
September 24, 11 am - 12 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
Suicide Stratification Risk Model and the Role of Pharmacists in Suicide Education and Prevention
September 25, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
Monitor, Evaluate and Respond: Use Measurement to Demonstrate Performance
September 25, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, HCBS Business Acumen Center
September 26, 1 - 2 pm, OMH
Expanding the Continuum to Support Long-Term Recovery
September 26, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
PSYCKES Train the Trainer
October 2, 10 - 11 am, OMH
The Real-World Impact of Integrated Medical-Behavioral Healthcare
October 2, 1 - 2 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
Keeping Medicaid's Promise for Children With Special Healthcare Needs
October 2, 3 - 4:30 pm, Manatt Health
A Clinical Discussion of Mixed States in Bipolar Disorder
October 8, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
Using PSYCKES for Clinicians
October 9, 10 - 11:30 am, OMH
Involving Families in Community Mental Health, A Win-Win Proposition
October 9, 2 - 3 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
Enable Access to Client-Level Data in PSYCKES
October 17, 3 - 4 pm, OMH
Tackling Opioid Addiction: A Case Study With Shatterproof & Kolmac Clinic
October 22, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
PSYCKES Mobile App for iPhones & iPads
October 22, 1 - 2 pm, OMH |
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CLMHD BH Portal Webinar: Other Resources - Statewide Planning & Research Cooperative System (SPARCS)
September 25: 12 - 12:30 pm, GTM
CLMHD Mental Hygiene Planning Committee Meeting
September 26: 1 - 3 pm, GTM
OCTOBER 2019
CLMHD Executive Committee Call
October 2: 8 am
CLMHD BH Portal Webinar: Other Resources - New York State Health Connector
October 9: 12 - 12:30 pm, GTM
CLMHD Office Closed - Columbus Day
October 14
CLMHD Children & Families Committee Meeting
October 15: 11:30 am - 1 pm, GTM
CLMHD BH Portal Webinar: Other Resources - The Opportunity Atlas/ Index
October 23: 12 - 12:30 pm, GTM
CLMHD State Agency Day
October 30: 9:30 am - 4 pm, IN-PERSON - Albany
Contact CLMHD for all Call In and Go To Meeting information, 518.462.9422
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CLMHD Holds 2019 Fall Full Membership Meeting in Lake Placid
DCSs from across the state recently convened for CLMHD's 2019 Fall Full Membership Meeting, which was held on September 10-11 in Lake Placid.
Monday's agenda included presentations by Ryan Ashe, Director, DOH Medicaid Payment Reform & Healthcare Innovation, and
Denard Cummings, Director of DOH's Bureau of Social Determinants of Health. Ashe reviewed the State's overall progress toward Value Based Payment, specifically with respect to behavioral health quality measures and future positioning for treatment providers with VBP contractors. Following this presentation, Cummings provided a detailed overview of the State's efforts to advance creative ways of addressing the social determinants in our communities as they impact health and behavioral health.
Ryan Ashe, Director, DOH Medicaid Payment Reform & Healthcare Innovation
On Tuesday, members heard first from Steve Hanson, OASAS Associate Commissioner of Treatment, and Dennis Reilly, Statewide Drug Court Coordinator, NYS Office of Court Administration, who discussed the implementation of ten new opioid courts across the state which were funded as part of the State's Opioid Response (SOR) grant. Following this presentation, Jonathan Ciampi, CEO of Bright Heart Health, introduced members to his company's new Telehealth MAT and Outpatient Treatment Program and its plans for expanding virtual outpatient opioid use and substance use disorder programs in New York. The day concluded with a presentation by Stephanie Marquesano, Founder & CEO of the harris project, who was joined by a panel of DCSs from the Mid-Hudson region. The group
provided details about how their region has worked since 2017, both at a local and regional level, to create a growing and effective Co-Occurring System of Care.
Stephanie Marquesano, Founder & CEO of the harris project
The Conference would like to recognize Michael Ranney,
CRC-R LMHC, who will be retiring this November. Michael has worked for more than 30 years for Erie County, most recently as Director of Community Services. Thank you, Michael, for
all of the valuable time and input you've given to CLMHD - congratulations and we wish you the best!
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NYS Department of Health Announces Release of DSRIP Waiver Extension for Public Comment
States have mixed results when coordinating patient care and addressing the social determinants of health to manage healthcare costs for high-cost Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday.The New York State Department of Health today announced that it has released for public comment a proposal to extend New York's Medicaid Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) waiver for an additional period of four years and seek an additional $8 billion in federal funding for continued support of health care transformation in the state. Public comments are due by November 4, 2019, prior to the Department's submission of a formal waiver extension request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in November of this year.
"Transforming Medicaid to improve health outcomes and make it more cost-effective has been a priority in New York State under Governor Cuomo's leadership,"said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker."Extending our Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment waiver is vital to building upon our success." Read more here.
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States Focus on High-Risk Patients to Drop Medicaid Spending
States have mixed results when coordinating patient care and addressing the social determinants of health to manage healthcare costs for high-cost Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday.
The GAO found that all the states surveyed offered care management assistance to providers to better manage physical and mental health conditions for fee-for-service beneficiaries. Most of the states also contracted with managed care organizations to care for high-cost beneficiaries for a fixed payment. Many of the states used other strategies to control expenditures for high-cost beneficiaries such as case managers, mandatory care management services for particular fee-for-service beneficiaries and home health programs.
But these efforts have had inconsistent results. While some states reported that they'd experienced a decrease in care costs and utilization for their high-expenditure beneficiaries, others said their findings were mixed or inconclusive. Read more
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SAMHSA Advisory: Mental and Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People With Physical and Cognitive Disabilities
This
Advisory highlights how mental and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs can better serve people with physical and cognitive disabilities and SUDs and/or serious mental illness (SMI). The most current prevalence data, from 2016, estimated that 61.4 million noninstitutionalized U.S. adults had one or more disabilities. SMI and co-occurring SUDs are generally considered disabilities under federal disability rights laws. This publication is not intended to provide guidance on complying with federal, state, or local disability rights laws. This Advisory includes some recommendations that are required, may be required, or may exceed the requirements of the federal, state, or local disability rights laws.
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New York State Expands Early Intervention Service for Young Adults with Schizophrenia
The Office of Mental Health recently announced an expansion of the state-run program that helps young adults with newly emerging psychotic symptoms.
OnTrackNY provides young adults with innovative, team-based psychiatric treatment, employment and educational services, as well as family education and support at locations throughout New York State. New York State has received a $4.9 million federal grant to fund 2 new OnTrackNY teams downstate.
The New York State Psychiatric Institute, which runs the OnTrackNY program, was one of 15 awardees of the five-year SAMHSA Healthy Transitions grant. Read more here.
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National Council for Behavioral Health: New White Paper on Value-Based Payment Models for Behavioral Health
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Key To Community-Based Success- 'Partnerships, Partnerships, Partnerships'
If you are a specialist organization operating today, payer preferences for community-based care and care coordination is changing the market landscape -and bringing with it new strategic challenges. Delivering "best practice" home- and community-based services requires collaborative, interdisciplinary teams capable of delivering services designed to support integration and inclusion.
While there are many discrete services being delivered in the community, there are fewer coordinated service programs-with longitudinal coordination across the medical/behavioral/social system. At our recent 2019 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute session, we heard from executives of two organizations that are making this work. Jeffrey Friedman, Chief Executive Officer, CN Guidance and Counseling Services and Mark McHugh, President & Chief Executive Officer, Envision Unlimited shared their current models and their best practices for building a consumer-focused community-based program model. My takeaway - provider organization management teams need to focus on consumer-centered care models that can "meet consumers where they are."
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